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## Legislative Branch

                          - Congress
                          - Architect of the Capitol
                          - Congressional Budget Office
                          - Government Accountability Office
                          - Government Publishing Office
                          - Library of Congress
                          - United States Botanic Garden

## Judicial Branch

                          - The Supreme Court of the United States
                          - Lower Courts
                          - Special Courts
                          - Administrative Office of the United States Courts
                          - Federal Judicial Center
                          - United States Sentencing Commission

## Executive Branch: The President

                          - The President
                          - The Vice President
                          - The Executive Office of the President

## Executive Branch: Departments

                          - Department of Agriculture
                          - Department of Commerce
                          - Department of Defense
                          - Department of Education
                          - Department of Energy
                          - Department of Health and Human Services
                          - Department of Homeland Security
                          - Department of Housing and Urban Development
                          - Department of Justice
                          - Department of Labor
                          - Department of State
                          - Department of Transportation
                          - Department of Veterans Affairs
                          - Department of the Interior
                          - Department of the Treasury

## Executive Branch: Independent Agencies and Government Corporations

                          - Administrative Conference of the United States
                          - Central Intelligence Agency
                          - Commodity Futures Trading Commission
                          - Consumer Product Safety Commission
                          - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
                          - Corporation for National and Community Service
                          - Environmental Protection Agency
                          - Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
                          - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
                          - Export-Import Bank of the United States
                          - Farm Credit Administration
                          - Federal Communications Commission
                          - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
                          - Federal Election Commission
                          - Federal Labor Relations Authority
                          - Federal Housing Finance Agency
                          - Federal Maritime Commission
                          - Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
                          - Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
                          - Federal Reserve System
                          - Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
                          - Federal Trade Commission
                          - General Services Administration
                          - Inter-American Foundation
                          - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
                          - Merit Systems Protection Board
                          - National Archives and Records Administration
                          - National Capital Planning Commission
                          - National Credit Union Administration
                          - National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
                          - National Labor Relations Board
                          - National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)
                          - National Mediation Board
                          - National Science Foundation
                          - National Transportation Safety Board
                          - Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
                          - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
                          - Office of Government Ethics
                          - Office of Personnel Management
                          - Office of the Director of National Intelligence
                          - Overseas Private Investment Corporation
                          - Peace Corps
                          - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
                          - Postal Regulatory Commission
                          - Railroad Retirement Board
                          - Securities and Exchange Commission
                          - Selective Service System
                          - Small Business Administration
                          - Surface Transportation Board
                          - Social Security Administration
                          - Tennessee Valley Authority
                          - Trade and Development Agency
                          - United States African Development Foundation
                          - United States Agency for Global Media
                          - United States Agency for International Development
                          - United States Commission on Civil Rights
                          - United States International Trade Commission
                          - United States Office of Special Counsel
                          - United States Postal Service

## Quasi-Official Agencies

                          - Legal Services Corporation
                          - Smithsonian Institution
                          - State Justice Institute
                          - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
                          - United States Institute of Peace

## International Organizations

                          - African Development Bank
                          - Asian Development Bank
                          - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
                          - Inter-American Defense Board
                          - Inter-American Development Bank
                          - Inter-American Investment Corporation
                          - International Monetary Fund
                          - International Organization for Migration
                          - Organization of American States
                          - United Nations
                          - World Bank Group

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